Wire-fence machine.



EATENTEE 00T. s T. M. GONNEE. WIRE EENGE MACHINE.

APPLIUATION I ILED JULY 15.1904.

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T. M. GONNEE.

WIRE EENGE MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 15.1904.

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PATENTE) 0013.3, `1905.-

.- T. M. GQNNER.

WIRE PENGEMAOHINB.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15,1904.

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Wits/wams PATENTED UGT. 3,11905.

T. M GONNEE. WIEE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15,1904.

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` WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15.1004.

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T. M. GONNER. Wm FENCE MACHINE.

APPLIGATON FILED JULY 15.1904.

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T. M. GONNER. WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

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OF KOKOMO, INDIANA.

wise-FENCE MACHINE.

To t/ whom it may concern:

Be 'it known that I, THEoDoRE M. CONNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kokomo, in the county of Howard and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Wire Fences, of which the Qfollowing isa specifica My invention relates to improvements in Said invention has for its object, amdng other things, to greatly simplify the construction and varrangement of the parts, to vcontrol the feeding action of the stay-wire delivering or feeding rolls, to properly reel the wovenwire-fence fabric, to suitably crimp the same,l and to promote convenience and facility in the useA and operation of the machine, as well as to provide for the gradating of the 'mesh of the fabric or product thereof.- Said invention consists of thelsundry combinations' and arrangements of parts substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and particularly pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figures 1 and 2 are front and rear elevations thereof, respectively. Fig. 3 is a side eleva` tion of the same. Fig. 4 is -an enlarged def tached plan view showing more especially the stay-wire and line-wire connecting devicesv'. for bending and coiling and interlapping said wires in a" certain manner. Fig. 5 is a detailed edge elevation of the sarne devices as disclosed by Fig. 4. Fig. 6is aigreatly-enlarged detailed view showing more particulai-ly one cjf the stay-wire cutters, its actuating mechanism, and the means of connection therelictv/een and the crank-arm.of the shaft of what I term depressors orholding closing, in addition to certain devicesl referred to in Fig. 4, more especially the arraigement thereof and additional wire-delivering devices for aiding the gradating of the mesh of .the fence-wire fabric. Fig. 8 is a detailed plan view of certain of the devices as disclosed by F ig. (3. Fig. 9 is an enlarged fractional side i j Specification of Letters Patent.

I Applicationled .Tilly 16, 1904. vSerialIIo. 216,738.

directly actuating what may be called the depressors" for bending or relatively disposing the stay-wires preliininarily to bending them around the line-wires. Fig. 10 is an enlarged l edge view of certain of the parts as disclosed by Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is an enlarged detailed sectional view more especially of the Wire Patented oct. a, i905.

feeding orvdelivering rolls produced through the axes thereof. Figs. lQ-and 13 are enlarged4 detailed vand sectional views of the reel and its mechanism.

pressors or Wire-bendingdevices.

In the carrying out of my invention I provide a suitable upright frame 1, upon which all the various'operative parts are mounted, as shown. At the feeding or forward end of said frame Vis suitably secured 'an upright su pplemental frame 2, within which is arranged a number of series of feeding-rolls 3 3 3b 3C of varying or successivelygradated diameters,

according to the meshes it may be desired to give the Wire-fence fabric-am for" instance, three inches, four inches, five inches, and six inches, respectively, in the saine piece of fabric.

`Said rolls -have a common shaft 3,suitably journaledin said frame and equipped with a ratchetornotched collar 4,havingbuttwoteet h 4et 4. A rack 5, engaging a ratchet-disk 5, loose upon the feedfroll shaft and carryinga pivoted ,springpressed propelling -pawl or dog 6, engaging thepteeth 4 of a ratchet or' notched collar 4, xed to said feed-roll shaft, is suitably actuated, as presently explained, to cause said paWi or dog, via said ratchet or notched' collar, to impart' a seinirotation to said feed-rolls for each operation effecting the bending ofthe stay-wires and `their Figs. 14 and 15 are enlarged de tailed plan and side views of one of the de' twisting aroundl the line-wires. The actuatingmeans for said rack 5 preferably cornprises a crank-arm bfsecured -to a shaft 5', suitably dri-ven. by a second shaft 6X, to which is fixed a beveled pinion 6', geared to a corresponding gear-Wheel 5d, fixed upon the shaft 5c. Said crank-arm 5b hasa sweeping action,

during whichl its lateraifrictional ioll 5 will engage, first, a beveled terminal 5 ofonearm'lor pendant of a frame' or sash'7, secured to the rack 5, and, secondly, .travel alongzand accordingly actuate a lower elongated terminal '5f of said sash or frame, by which a longitu`-,. dinally-reciprocating movement'will be im,

parted to the latter. Said shaft 6X, geared to the shaft'. 5c, as noted, is suitably driven by alarge gear-wheel or pulley 6b"secuied upon the shaft 6X, said latter wheelitself being geared to a suitable motor or engine. (Not shown.)

The feedingrolls' 3 3*3" 3c have arranged directlyabovo them rolls 8, suitably jour` naled in position with their lperipheries presented tothe corresponding lsurfaces of the first-named and bctweenwhich former and IIO i angular portions to l connecting-pieces 2Lvl latter rolls are fed the stay-wires, the upper or former rolls aiding toA hold the wires in position while being ,fed upon thelatter rolls and may be provided with peripheral grooves for that purpose. Said upper and lower rolls are geared together, as at d", to insure the uninterrupted rotation of the upper rolls or vas against retardation from any cause. Said upper rolls have their respective journalbearings 8" suspended from adjusting-screws 10, working in a common cross-bar 10n of the frame 2, for effecting the adjustment of said rolls with relation to the lower rolls, as in applying the requisite pressure to the feeding' of the stay-wires therebetween. Said screws have their upper ends terminating in provide for; the convenient application thereto of a wrench, as in effecting the turning of said screws for the purpose aforesaid. Suitable openings orapertures 11 are provided in the lower of the of the upriglits of the fraine'2 for the passage'and guidance therethrough of the stay-wires @a roar@ to the feeding-rolls, said apertures being stepped in their arrangement according to the varying diameters of said rolls. Removed some distance from said feeding-i'olls and arranged somewhat laterally of a line passing longitudinally through any one thereof is a series or plurality of vertical spindles 12, themsel Yes arranged about in the same line one with the other and relatively at intervals apart and in groups agreeably with the differentiated or gradated groups of said rolls, as shown particularly in Fig. 7. Said spindles are jour- `naled or rotativelylsupported in position, being suitably held within hollow journals or shafts 12, having bearings and provided with pinions 13, intergeared with an actuating-rack 141. Said rack depends a suitable distance therebelow andhas secured thereto a pendent slotted arm 14X, receiving a cylindric stud 14, projecting' from4 a cam-offset 14", bolted to the rear surface of the gear-wheel 5d, before described, by means of which said rack is actuated or has transmitted thereto a longitudinal reciprocating movement, iii turn rotating the pinions 13 for actuating the sping dles 12. Said spindles are provided with lon` --gitudinal central openings 12" for the passage therethrough of the longitudinal or horizonialwires of the prospective wire-fence fabric, also with stay-wire-engaging pins 12012", relatively arranged in their upper ends to the loni gitudinal wire-receiving openings or passages I l2", the function of which will be presently explained. Relatively arranged to all of said spindles, saving the-initial one, with their inl ner ends pivoted therearound, are what l term "drpositors" 15, adapted to move horizon-i tally and deflected somewhat laterally or rearward from a right-lined position. Said (le-i positors have upon their upper surfaces upstanding longitudinally-grobved portions or l members 15a, suitably secured thereto, pref l era-bly as shown, for

scribed. Saidupstanding members 15u have diagonally opposite reduced end portions or recesses 15", the purpose of which will appear later. These depositors are actuated by the following contrivances: Bell-cranks 16, suitably fulcrumed ifi-position, are connected `by links 17 to said depositors and directly to a slide or stirrup 18, as seen in Figs. 4' and 9, said stii'rup receiving the outer end of and actuated by an arm :19, with its opposite end secured to the rack 14, driven by the wheel 5, vcam 14 14", and slotted arm 14X, as aforesaid. Said arm 19 is not, however, moved by said stirrup or slide until the rack 14 has nearly reached the end -of its movement.` ',l`hen the last named makes said movement said arm will be engaged thereby and effect the movement of said their initial movement carry the stay-wire sections into a right-lined position and after` the weaving action be returned to their initial position, as hereinafter more fully disclosed.

Suitable housings 19 are so arranged and secured in' position upon the bed-plate as to guard against the possibility of the wires springing upward ont of the depositors 15 as they are delivered thereinto from the tubes 29, also against their displacement while being transferred to a point under the depress-` ors 30 and clamping-arms 33.

A series or plurality of cutters 20, having their fulcrums at 20, are provided, one being arranged contiguously to each a little forward and laterally thereofand with their cutting edges disposed about in the same general alinement with the grooves of the members 15LL of the depositors 15,whi`ch places .them at right angles to said depositors and diagonally with reference to the frameof the machine, as shown in Fig. 41. This arrangementcauses the cutters to sever the wire-forming stays into the requisite lengths or sections, as will more ful-ly appear presently. Alongside of the' forward or cutting edge of each cutter is suitably secured edgewise a block or steel 21, through which passes and is supported the wire while being cut. Through the heel ends of these cutters passes a cominon'rod 22, suitably supported'in position in bearings-229, as seen in Fig. 7, and to this rod is connected a pendent arm 23,with its lower end connected to a pivoted bar 23, adapted to. be engaged by a-frictional roll 24, carried eccentrically by a `cam-w heel 24 forv actuating said arm and through it theeutter or knife. Said cam-wheel is secured upon Iand receives its motion from a shaft 25, geared to the main driving-shaft 6 by a spur gear-wheel 26, secured upon the s h'aft 25 and meshing with a trundle-pinion 27. secured upon the shaft 6".

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tween it and a depositor 15 is arranged. what' Also alongside of each knife or cutter and bemay be termed a bridge or "bar 28,- pivotally supported at 28v from the part 21 and of suitable construction to fill in or span the intervening space between such knife and depositor, as-shown particularly in Fig. 4, fOr the temporary support of the stay-wire adjacent the point of cutting the latter. Said bridge-piece or bar 28 has in the upper surface of its forward end a notch or recess 28b for the reception and passage transveisely therethrough of the stay-wire as the latter is being cut, as seen especially in Fig. 6, the same surface of said bridge being also preferably concaved or curved downward to remove the same out of the way. 4The outer or rear end of said bridge-piece or bar has its upper surface adapted to rest under the rod 22 to hold said bridge-piece or bar temporarily in horizontal position, as while cutting the wire, as seen in the latter-referred-to Fig. 6.

Intermediarily of the various cutters or f knives and the series' of feeding-rolls are tubes or guides 29, adapted, as shown particularly in Fig. 7, to conduct or direct the sundry stay-wires to said cutters or knives and for subsequent manipulation, as presently described. Said tubes orguides are of varying lengths and arranged. to deliver their 'respective wires or contents successively to the respective knives or cutters, spindles, and depositors of the whole series, -as shown, as the same are fed therethrough by said rolls. Such arrangement of said tubes or guides involves the extending thereof initially in right lines varying distances and then extending them diagonally in like manner with their delivering endsterminating short distances beyond the respective knives or cutters, but short distances from thereceiving ends of the grooves of the respective depositors and in alinement therewith.

A series of what may be called depressors or i bending devices 30 is arranged to'cause their effective-or bifurcated ends to act upon and, as their names'denote, depress 0r bend downward the stay-wires as the latter are delivered-thereunder by the depositors 15, as indicated particularly in Fig. 5, as 1n the weaving operation, as in connecting together said wires and passing them around the line or lonoitudinal wires of the wire-fence'fabric. Each depressor lhas the prongs or members 30Eux of its effective or bifurcated end (see Figs. 4, 14and 15) provided with undercut notches l30.b 30, respectively, one notch BO'mbei'ng adapted to receive one of the lapping" staf Wires forward of the line7 or longludlnal wire, while the unnotchedsurface of this 'prong engages or impinges the other of these The other notch 30ac receives one" stay-wires.

of said stay-wires rearward of said line or longitudinal wire, while the unnotched surface of the prong impinges or engages the scribed.

a roll 31X of a bar or lever 31, pivoted, as at 31, and held in a depressed position or i n forcible engagement with'said cam-wheel eby a spring 31,.suitably secured to said lever and a fixture. Said lever is preferably connected to ran eyebolt 31h, coupling it to the pivoted bar 23l and to the crank-arm 32 of. the shaft 30 via a cranked rod 32, pivoted in-said arm', and passing through the eye of said bolt, respectively,.particularly as shown-in Fig. 6. Upon the shaft 30 is also secured a series ofl clamping or holding arms or devices 33, adapted to overlie and retain the stay-wires within the grooves of the members 15a` of the depositors 15 until after each weaving operation, as shown especially in Fig. 5, said clamp- Y.ing-"arms alternating with said depressors.

Said depressor and clamping-arm carrying shaft 30El is suitably affected to cause the depressors and clamping-arms to assume certain positions, as in the weaving operation,'as presently described, by the action of lcam members' 24". 24, and 24d, with which the cam-wheel 24 is equipped, said cam members being adapted to separately actuate the lever 31, through which and the parts 32' 32a said shaft is operated, as above noted. Y,

Suitable crimping or scalloped trundle-rolls 34 are journaled or hung so as to interact one upon the other in an elevated frame or support 1,superposed upon the frame 1,and over and in between these is passed the woven-wire-fencefabric during the weaving operation for crimping said fabric, and finally wound upon a reel 35, adjustably secured upon and receiving. motion from a shaft 34X, driven as presently de- Said reel comprises, preferably, two heads 34a, carried by its shaft 34X, and pivoted IOO radial arms 34M', applied to said heads, each '115 ing operation the pivoted arms 34?@ are capable of being moved or -swung inward. to permit of the collapsing ofthe reel, whereby the reeled fabric may be readily removed fromA the reel, as readily understood. Said crimpthe upper rolls 34, and a sprocket or cog wheel ing-rolls are rotated or driven, preferably, by intergeared wheels 34 34, secured upon the shafts of the lower and one of the upper of said reels or rolls and chain belt 34", encompassing sprocket-wheels 34d and 34e, respectively,l the wheel 34d being secured to the lower one of the rolls 34, while the wheel 34e is loosely sleeved or journaled upon a ixed shaft 6 and equipped with a ratchet 36, with which engages a dog or pawl 37, carried by a crank-arm 38. Said crank-arm has a lateral pin 38a at its outer end 4engaging an elongated slot 39 of a pitman 39a, adapted to be reciprocated by a crank-arm 40, secured to the shaft 25. A second chain belt 34'Z encompasses a sprocket-Wheel 34g, secured to one of 34, secured upon a'sleeve 34k,keyed or fixed upon a shaft 341, journaled in a bearing or box '341, secured to a leg of the machine-frame 1 and from which shaft motion is transmitted to the reel-shaft 34X, as presently disclosed. By this arrangement it will be noted that the requisite intermittent actuation of the crimping-rolls and the fabric-reel is secured at the required interval as relates to each stay and line Wire connecting operation of the weaving process, so as to provide for thetaking up of the fabric as fast as `woven and suitably reeling the same.'

Upon the shaft 341 before noted is secured or keyed a friction-wheel 41, having upon one side around its axial opening a central socket extension 41, with its inner surface or face flared outward and angular in cross-section. Thereel 35 has one of its heads 34m provided with a central, conical, or tapered boss 42, adapted to enter the socket extension 41Lul of the friction-wheel 41 to provide by frictional contact therebetween, as more fully later disclosed, for transmitting motion to the reel.

Suitably keyed upon the sleeve 34k, contiguouslyto the friction-wheel 41, is a yoke 43,.having diametrically opposite arms 43a,

and suitably pivoted in the oter ends of said arms are levers 44, to one end of each of which is connected or piv'oted a clutch or clamp 45, preferably faced with leather or other suitable friction-producing material and ladapted to engage the periphery of the wheel or pulley 41, as will be more fully later dis-- closed. To the opposite ends of said levers are connected links 46, in turn connected to,

scopes Upon the frame 1, contiguously to the oppositc end of the rcel 35, is suitably hung a pawl 49, engaging the teeth of a ratchet- Wheel 50, secured to that end of said reel,

thus providing for the holding/lof the latter 4 against involuntary reverse' rotation;

Provision is made, as by the pinning of the opposite end of the reel-shaft 35 in its bearing, as shown at 51, for permitting the ready removal of the reel with its reeled fabric from its bearings or position in the frame, as in tak-A4 ing off the fabric.

f In operation the line or longitudinal forming Wires having been unwound from their respective rolls (not shown) suitably held in position and initiallypassed through the spindles 12 and properly applied to the crimping rolls 34 and the reel 35, as indicated, the stayfeeding-rolls 3 3" 3b 3", the machine, it being understood, havingybeen put in operation. Said latter wires are conducted by the tubes 29 to Aand past the respective knives orcutters 2O and to the depositors 15 and the spindles 12 and severed intothe required lengths forforming the prospective stays or braces for the stringers or line-wires. After the feeding opera tion the thus-'formed stay or brace wire seetions will be carried into righ t-lined positions, still in alinement with each other, above said spindles and their pins 12c 121'. The de'pressors 33 now descend and the prongs 3()nu of the bifurcated end portions engageand depress or bend downward said stay-Wire sections, as seen in Fig.l 5, said sections thus being lapped by one another and disposed to be engaged bythe pins 12c 12d, as presently described. Simultaneously with this action of parts the clamparms 33 are caused to assume a position above the depositors and retain the wire-sec- Lions in the latter, as when subsequently-acted upon by the pins 12c 12". rlhe aelion of the cam-surface 24Et of the wheel 24 Wili be effect- ,9 forming wires are fed through the respective y IIO devices previously described to cause the dei pressors 30 to assume a horizontal Yposition by the time the depositors 15 have reached their dotted-lined positions, as when they are 'in right-lined positions, and the action of the cam-surface 24" is effective to still further depress the wire-sections to bring the latter into such'position as'to be engaged by the pins 12u 12d, said cam-wheel of course having by its rotation eiected such disposition of said pins with relation to said wire-'sections The spindles 12 will now begin to rotate and bring,

the pins 127 into engagement with and cause the bendmg or carrying one of the. wire-sec- 115 ive via the various intermediary connecting .y

tions into contact with and around the line or longitudinal wires passing through said spindles, the other pin 12d serving to hold and prevent reverse movementl of said wire-section. As this action of the pins 12c continues, which involves three separate rotations of. said spindles, theV two meeting wire-sections will be interlapped by one another in additionA to the formation of the U bythe initial action of the pins'12c upon .the single wire, as above noted, and thus effect the weaving of the stay and line wires together or into the fence fabric. At the conclusion of the weaving operation as thus performed the wheel 24'w ill by its rotation render the cam-surface 24C effective to return the depressors 30 and clampingarins 33 to their' initial position out1 of the way of the woven fabric to permit 'the delivery of the latter to the crimping-rolls 34 and finallytothe reel 35. At the starting of the operation of the machine the crank-arm b on .the shaft 5, actuated by theI wheel 5d, will in- O termittently operate the sash 7 by alternately the ratchet-wheel 5.

engaging the terminals 5e 5f of the latter as said shaft is rotated, and accordingly actuate The last named will cause the pawl or vdog 6 to engage or prorl the shaftc, carrying the feeding-rolls 3 3 3b 8, consequently effecting the intermittent rotation of said rolls for the corresponding feed-v ing of the stay wires or sections. Also simultaneously withthis action of parts the' slotted arm 14X, connected to the rackl/i, will be actuated by thecam-arm 14", carrying the pin 14, engaging the slot in said arm 14X, and thus move said rack-so' as to cause it to actuate the arm 19, extending into the 'slide 18. Said slide is adapted to have only a limited longitudinal movement,as it is engaged by said arm 19 to accordingly actuate the depositors15 to move them into a' right-lined position. v Said engagement is eected just before the rack is about to make its finall movement in either direction, thus providing for the throwing ofthe depositors into their initial and nal positions, respectively, at the beginning and conclusion of the operation of' the other parts. As the depositors come into rightl lined position it will be noted that the diagonally notched or reduced end portions 15b 'thereof will receive the end portions of the respective stay-wire sections aswhen performing the weaving operation. noted that with the escape of the pivoted bar 23a fromtlie-cam-wlieel 11111.24, as in eecting a cutting operation,.the. rod-carrying end portions 22 of the knives 20 and the corresponding end portions' of the bridge pieces or bars 28 Will drop or descend by the prepon-Vv derant weight thereof suliiciently'to effect the automatic opening of the knives or cut ters and the temporary displacement of said bars 28, which latter, however, are adapted to automatically return to their initial position by the greater Weight oftheir forward ends Also it will be whenthe cutters or knives are actuated, as above noted.

il claim- 1. A machine of .the-character described employing line and stay wire feeding devices, line-wire-guidingdevices,means for relatively disposing thestay-wire sections pivoting upon 4 said guiding devices, devices for interlocking said stay-wire sections as they are laid upon the line-wire, and means for intertwisting said stay-wire sections'upon said line-wire.

2. A machine of the character described, einploying stay-wire-feeding rolls and line-wire guiding ordelivering spindles,` means forsevering the stay-wires into suitable lengths, means for relatively disposingsaid sections pivoting upon said line-wireguiding spindles,

means for bringing said sections into position to be acted upon by twisting-pins carried by said spindles,and means for Vactuating said twisting-pins.

3. A machine of the character described employing stay and line wire feeding devices, means'for severing the stay-wires mt'o suitable lengths or sections, means pivoted to swing laterally for receiving and carrying said sec-- tions into longitudinal alinement, means adapted Vto interlock and intertwist said sections with the line-wires, and means adapted to depress said sections at their, ends into' position to be acted' upon by said interlocking and intertwisting means prior to such action. n

4. A machine of the character described,employing stay and line wire feeding' devices, pivoted cutters arranged and adapted to cut iOO the stay-wire into suitable lengths or sections,

laterally-swinging devices having longitudinal grooves to receive said stay-wires prior to the severing thereof, vertically-reciprocated devicesfor depressing or downwardly bending said sections at their ends, twisting-pins forA engagingtlie downwardly-bent portions of said sections, and means for actuating or rotatin g said twisting-pins.

5. A machine of the character described,em ploying stay wire -feeding rolls, laterallyswinging depositors adapted to receive the stay-wires, means for severing said stay-wires into sections, after the reception thereof by said vfdepositors, line-wire receiving and delivering spindles carr in@ twistingins and adapted to form the axes or pivots of said depositors, means for depressing .the end portions of said sections into position for the action ofisaid twisting-pins, and means for ac- -l tuating. said twisting-pin-carrying spindles.

6. A machine ofthe character described,employing stay 'wire -feeding rolls, laterallyswinging depositors adapted to receive'the stay-wires, wire-conducting tubes arranged between said feeding-rolls and depositors Vto deliver said'wi'res to 'said depositors, cuttersv for severing said wires into sections,,recipro-J cating depressors for bending downward the end portions of said wire-sections, yspindles IIO having thc line-wires passing therethrough and provided with twisting-pins adapted to intcrlock and intcrtwist said wire-sections together and upon said line-wires and means for actuating said spindles.

7. A machine of the character described,em ploying stay wire feeding rolls, laterallyswinging "depositar-s having for their axes or pivots spindles through which are passed the line-wires, said spindles being equipped attheir Lipper ends with twisting-pins, cutters for severing' said stay-wire into sections, depressors adapted to bend downward the end portions ot' said sections into position for the action oi' said twisting-pins, means for actuating said spindles, and wire-conducting tubes having right-lined portions adjacent, and receiving, the stay-wires from said feeding-rolls.l and their remaining portions extending diagonally toward, and in alinement with, the corresponding initial position of said depositors.

8. A machine of the character described,em ploying periplierally-opposed stay-wire-feeding rolls oi' gradated diameters, laterallyswinging depositors adapted to receive the stay-wires and arranged at varying intervals apart relatively corresponding to theA dider-I i ential diameters o't said rollers, said depositors having for their axes or pivots line-lwire-delivering spindles provided, at their upper ends, with twisting-pins to engage said stay-wires, `cutters for severing said wires into sections, means for actuating said spindles, depressors for bending downward said staywire sections for the action of said twisting-v pins, and stay-wire-condnoting tubes oi' varying or gradatcd lengths as suggested by the arrangement of said depositors and diameters oi' said feeding-rolls.

9. In a machine ofthe character described, the combination with wire-feeding rolls and cutters for severing the stay-wires into sections, Qf lateraliy swinging depositors adapted to receive said Wires, rotary spindles equipped at their upper ends with twistingpins for acting upon said stay-wires and adapted to permit the passage therethrough ot' the line-wires, said depositors having diagonally opposite reduced end portions lfor the purpose'set forth.

10. Aln a inachinooi2 the character describen the combination with wire-tending Y cutters for severing the stay-wires into sections, ot' laterally-swinging depositors adapted to reeeive said wires, rotaryspindles equippecbat their upper ends with twistingpins ior acting upon said wire-sections and adapted to permit the passage 'there `nmigh ot' the line-wires, boil-cranes .linued to depositorsf a slide connected to said Jellcranks, a rack having an arm ng said slide, and means for' actuating said ick,

ll. In a machine of the character de iribed,

the combination, with wire-feeding roiis scosse cutters for severingthe stay-wires in sections, of' Vlaterally --swinging "depositorsf ad'aptedto receive said wires, rotaryspindles iuipped at. their upper ends with twistingpins for acting upon said wire-sections and 7o adapted to permit the passage of the linewires therethroi'ngh, bell-cranlrslinked to said depositors, a slide connected to said bellcranks, a rack having an-'arm actuating said anism foractuating said rack. 12. ln a machine of the character described,

the combination, with wire-feeding rolls and cutters for severing the stay-wires into sections, of laterally.- swinging depositors adapted to receive said wires, rotary spindles equipped 4with twisting-pins for acting upon?" said wire-sections and adapted tojpermit the' passage ofthe line-wires therethrough, means for actuating said depositors and depress- V851.'

ors andmechanisin for actuating the same .including a -rock-shaft, a*` cam-wheei, a springpressed lever operating in conjunction with said cam-wheehand a pivoted bar, said rockshaft having its crank-erin coupied levera Y 13. In a machine ot' the character described, the combination, with wire-feeding rolls and cutters for severing the stay-wires into sections, of laterally-swinging depositors 95 adaptedto receive said wires, line-wire delivering or Jfeeding means, means for twisting' said wire-sections, reciprocating dcprcssors for bending downward the sta sections at their ends and holding devic ranged upon the shaft carryinsaid de pressors and adapted to overlie said.L depositors and retain said stay-wire sections in the latter at a certain step in the fabric-weaving operation;

iii; in a machine Vof the character described, I O

the combination with wire-.feeding means and wireiveringcutteraef pivoted bridge-pieces arranged aiongside said cutters and each 'having in its upper edge, n one end a notch and its other IG to permit the passage oi' the A ne rod connecting end adapted to rest under the heel ends of said cuttL l5. in a machine oi t-he ciA .irrerdescribed the combination of means for iecding stay and line wires, means for cutting ,ections, means for disposii the wire-severing op iori, in .iw arrangement, means for iiitertwisiiiig-r sections, a shaft Acarrying deprc u sectionss i vii C..

n to position for the action ot the ti isting s, and means for interniitte itly actuatsid shaft inciuding i ram-wheei equi pped Eaces errar, it certain intervais apart, and leve-r adapts i said surfaces and connected .via certain parts, to said shaft, and means i'oractuating said cam-wheel.

A machine of the character described,

to said the stay-wire in il.

d to act upon said wire-sections to bring I 20 employing pivoted depositors for disposing T30 'y the stay-Wire sectionsin proper relation to the' line-wires, and tWisters forming the pivots for said depositorsl and adapted to cause one staywire section to initially assume a substantially U shape alongside of the line-Wire, and thereafter and continuously to effect the interlocking of said stay-Wire sections and the applying of the terminals of said stay-Wire sections upon the linewires.

17. A machine of* the character described,

employing pivoted depositors to receive and carry the stay-Wire sections into position With relation to the line-wires, and twist-ers adapt- Ved to cause one stay-Wire section to initially assume a substantially U shape alongside of` the linefwires and thereafterand continuously to effect the interlockingi of said stay-wire sections and the applying ot' the terminals of said stay-Wire sections upon the line-Wires.

18. A machine of the Character described, employing hne and stay Wirei'eeding devices, line-Wire-guiding devices,1neans for relatively disposing the stay -Wire sections` pivoting upon said limewire-guiding' devlcealdepressors forl depressing said stay-Wire sections, after having been brought into position with relation.

to the line.- Wires for the action of the twisters, devices for interlocking said stay-wire .seo-- tions as they are-laid upon the line-Wires, and means for intertwisting said stay-Wire sections and said line-Wires.

In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. l

THEODORE M. CONNER. Witnesses:

W. W. DRINKWATER, M. E. NETHERCUT. 

